Stirrings from the empty nest

I had to leave Oshkosh very early this morning because of a family emergency. Apparently, my youngest son was held up and robbed at gunpoint...

(Note: Much more is being posted over at Letters from Flyover Country .) This was "me" day today at Oshkosh. I've got a few th...

Homebuilt judges are busy people at Oshkosh. They'll judge an estimated 800 planes in a week, starting at 8 in the morning going until a...

The oddest moment of Oshkosh this year has nothing to do with aviation at all. A lot of AirVenture actually has nothing to do with AirVentur...

The slideshow I transferred some more wealth to the estate of Sam Walton today and bought a power cable which allows the audio cable to work...

Did I mention I'll be updating these daily posts as the day unfolds? I'll be updating these daily posts as the day unfolds, so check...

Son of a gun. It is like coming home. I arrived at Oshkosh around 2 -- a 4-hour trip from St. Paul (if you're coming from the Twin Citi...

( Cross posted at Letters from Flyover country ) Many of you know I wasn't going to go to Oshkosh this year; I just couldn't seem to...

I'm off to Oshkosh. As you might've read earlier, I haven't been entirely enthusiastic about the air show this year for reasons ...

When it comes to aviation, I guess I'm mostly a 'gee whiz' style of writer, which is not at all the style of writing I tend to d...

It's official! This summer blows. I blame the Republicans and Democrats. Just two years after having an entire summer off and making the...

On holidays, most of my neighbors head for the lake or campground in search of quiet and relaxation. I don't have to because when they l...

This is the question I've been pondering recently. Can dogs get embarrassed? I think of it whenever I take Otter for a walk, oddly enoug...

This is a nothing post. Just a picture of me showing a colleague how lame and out of date my cellphone is, at least where the camera is conc...

When I look back at 30+ years in the radio industry, there was no place I felt more at home than at WHDH in Boston. I was a Massachusetts ki...

This is very mean of me, but it's not posted with anything but curiosity. We're having layoffs -- a lot of layoffs -- in the media...

I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm suddenly haunted by the feeling that the pine trees in the backyard don't like me.

Let us be clear about the two most obvious things in life: I love to golf. I can't golf. And here, your honor, is Exhibit A. The prose...

I don't know why that -- every year -- I expect my golf game to somehow get better over the winter, as if it were healing itself. M...

It's a blast to share a couple of Cuban cigars on the deck. Sean, who works with me, stopped by this afternoon after work (I'm on va...